A Hampshire Ghost Story. The existence of the following narrative is alluded to in the recently published life of the Rev. Richard Barham, but the version therein is incomplete, and consequently erroneous in some particulars.
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Birmingham (1870)
A ghost story. A few days ago, at the Birmingham Police Court, Charles Haines, zinc-worker, Watery Lane, appeared to answer a summons charging him with doing wilful damage to the amount of 1s 6d, by
Continue ReadingRiber, Derbyshire (1840)
A ghost. The good people of High Lees [Leas?] near Cromford, and its vicinity, have for some time past been horrified by a report of certain pranks played by some unearthly visitor, at and about
Continue ReadingMount Holly, New Jersey (1900)
The Vagaries of a Ghost. Harry Smith and his wife have moved from the Foy homestead, in Church Street, Mount Holly, New Jersey. They say they were forced to move because a ghost objected to
Continue ReadingBraehead, Bridgend, Aberdeenshire (1824)
As we pass Bridgend on the line, we obtain perhaps the best view to be had from the Railway of the village of Longside, teh three churches appearing to the eye in the leading positions.
Continue ReadingSeaton Sluice, Northumberland (1980)
Vicar’s ghost story. A vicar has backed up claims of ghostly goings-on in an old house. Grocer Harry Laidler called in the Rev. Robert Watkins after a “supernatural prank” at his old family home near
Continue ReadingWhitley Bay, Tyne and Wear (1977)
Poltergeist nightmare. Tyneside couple tell of terror. A Tyneside couple talked today of the poltergeist which brought terror to their home. Their ordeal began when a toy donkey glided – unaided – down the stiars.
Continue ReadingNew Hartley, Blyth, Northumberland (1961 and 1974)
When things go bang and knock in the night That’s the trouble with Charlie the ghost. Charlie, a ghost that goes bang in the night, is terrorising families in three houses in Bristol Street, New
Continue ReadingMorwenstow, Cornwall (1948)
Odd happenings in ancient Cornish house. Mystery of old cedar chest. Queer occurrences in an old Cornish manor house have led to efforts to trace the history of a carved cedarwood chest thought to be
Continue ReadingCalverton, Nottinghamshire (1961)
A Haunted Vicarage..? Demolition men hear footsteps where there is no floor. Weird happenings at Calverton’s derelict old vicarage have set two demonlition workmen wondering if there is any truth in ghosts. For more than
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